Biological Museum, Natural history museum in Djurgården, Sweden.
The Biological Museum is a natural history museum in Djurgarden housed in a wooden building with tarred shingles that reflects Scandinavian building traditions. The collection presents stuffed birds and mammals of Europe arranged in naturalistic dioramas that recreate their habitats.
The museum opened in 1893 following the architectural design of Agi Lindegren, who incorporated elements from medieval Norwegian stave churches into the building. This choice reflected a desire to honor Nordic building traditions in a modern exhibition space.
The diorama backgrounds feature paintings by Bruno Liljefors, a Scandinavian artist who depicted the region's natural landscapes and animal life in detailed compositions. These artworks frame the displayed specimens and create a unified artistic vision of the Nordic environment.
The building sits in Djurgarden and is reachable by bus lines 47 and 44, with the nearest stop at Hazeliusporten station. Visitors should expect varying lighting conditions since the dioramas are designed with natural light in mind, which changes throughout the day.
Some of the dioramas display Nordic species that are now rare or absent from Sweden today, serving as a visual record of the region's historical animal life. These displayed creatures offer a window into Scandinavian nature before industrial changes reshaped the landscape.
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